Bottle-closing device.



No. 800,708. PATENTED 001"." 3, 1905.

A. 0. WITZBL. BOTTLE CLOSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29. 19091.

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ANDREIV C. WITZEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-CLOSING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct; 3, 1905.

Application filed December 29, 1904. Serial No. 238,721.

T0 (0% mil/mt it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW C. WITZEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-ClosingDevices, of which the following is aspeciflcation, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to milk-bottles and similar vessels; and theobject thereof is to provide an improved closure device for vessels ofthis class which is simple in construction and operation andcomparatively inexpensive and which may be swung into position andlocked therein, so as to close the vessel, by depressing a yoke-shapedlever or thrown out of position, so as to open the vessel, by raisingsaid lever; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafterdescribed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a central vertical sectionof the neck of a milk-bottle provided with my improved closure device,the closure device being shown in section and the bottle being closedthereby; Fig. 2, a view at right angles to Fig. I and showing the neckof the bottle in full lines and the closure device partially in sectionand showing the bottle open; Fig. 3, a plan view of the closure device;Fig. 4, a plan view of the top part of the closure device, and Fig. 5 aside View of the top part of the closure device.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication I have shown myinvention applied to a milk-bottle, the neck of the bottle being shownat a in Figs. 1 and 2, and in the practice of my invention I provide aclosure de-- vice proper (designated by the reference char acter b)comprising a central circular body portion 6 having a central annularrim b and the central circular body portion 6 is beveled inwardly bothabove and below the annular rim 6 as shown at 6*.

The closure device 6 consists of a top part c and a bottom part (2, andthe top part c is provided with an annular flange c and the bottom part(Z is provided with an annular flange (Z which is folded around theannular flange c of the top part 0 so as to form the closure device andthe rim 6 thereof. The

top part c of the closure device is shown in plan and side view in Figs.4 and 5 and is provided in the opposite sides of the flange 0 thereofwith radial notches or recesses 0 which extend through thebeveledportion 5*, as clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and informing thesenotches or recesses in the flange c a portion of said flange is turneddownwardly to form a lip 0 The neck of the bottle is provided, at thetop thereof, with an annular bead (6 below which is placed a ring orband 6, in the opposite sides of which are pivoted, as shown at e inFigs. 1 and 2, the opposite sides f of a yoke-shaped member f, and thesides of said yoke-shaped member f are bent, as shown at and the end fof said yoke-shaped member forms a handle by which said member isoperated, and the ends of the side portions f thereof are at an anglethereto of about eighty-five or ninety degrees. A supplementalyoke-shaped member 9 is also provided, the sides of which are pivoted inthe sides of the yoke-shaped member f at f and the cross-head portion gof the yoke-shaped portion g passes through the notches or recesses c inthe beveled part b of the top part c of the closure device proper, andbetween the said notches or recesses and within the closure deviceproper the cross-head portion g of the yoke-shaped member g is bent toform a central part g which is not in line with the end parts of thecross-head portion of the yoke-shaped member g, and in this way theclosure device proper is connected with the yoke-shaped member 9 in suchmanner that it is free to swing thereon within certain limits and cannotturn completely thereon.

It will be understood that the cross-head portion 9 of the yoke-shapedmember g is passed into the notches or recesses c of the top part c ofthe closure device proper before the parts 0 and 0i of said closuredevice proper are connected, and in this operation the lips c of theflange c of the part c of the closure device proper are bent up, so asto hold the yoke-shaped memberg in that part of the recesses c which isformed in the beveled portion 6* of the top part c of the closure deviceproper.

The parts 6, f, and g are all of the usual construction and form no partof my invention, my said invention consisting in the construction of theclosure device proper and in the method of connecting the yoke-shapedmember g] therewith.

In closing the bottle all that is necessary is to turn the yoke-shapedmemberf downwardly and to the left from the position shown in Fig. 2,and this operation swings the closure device Z) onto the top of the neckof the bottle and into the position shown in Fig. 1, and in theoperation of opening the bottle the yokeshaped member f is raised intothe position shown in Fig. 2, both of these operations being similar tothose employed in closing and opening other bottles or vessels of thisclass provided with other forms of closure device, and although I haveshown and described my invention as applicable to milk bottles it willbe understood that the same may be applied to jugs, jars, and vessels ofother forms.

By means of the form of the closure device proper a bottle or othervessel of this class may be securely closed without the aid of apacking, the beveled part 1) below the rim (Z, which fits within the toppart of the neck of the vessel, serving to facilitate this operation,while the rim d rests snugly on the top of said neck; but, if desired, apacking-gasket or similar device may be employed under the rim (Z in themanner of other devices of this class, and while I prefer to provide thebotom part of the closure device with the inwardly-directed beveledportion 7/ below the rim (Z this part of the device may be modifled, ifdesired.

By forming the closure device proper as shown and described it will beseen that said device is provided with a central circular part the topof which is raised above the rim (Z and the cross-head party of theyoke-shaped member g is passed through the opposite side portions of thesaid raised part, and said closure device proper is free to rotatewithin certain limits on said yoke-shaped member, and the separate partsof the closure device proper are composed of sheet metal or similarmaterial which may be easily stamped into the desired form.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A closure device for bottles and other vessels, comprising a centralcircular hollow body portion having a central annular rim, said closuredevice being composed of top and bottom parts each of which is providedwith an annular flange, the flange on the top part being overlapped bythe flange on the bottom part, and the top part being provided with araised portion above the flange thereon, and a yoke-shaped member passedthrough the opposite sides of said raised portion and on which theclosure device is adapted to rotate, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A closure device for bottles and other vessels, comprising a centralcircular hollow body portion having an annular rim, the top of the bodyportion being raised, and a yokeshaped member passing through theopposite sides of the raised top portion and on which said closuredevice is adapted to rotate within certain limits, substantially asshown anddescribed.

3. A closure device for bottles and similar vessels, comprising acentral circular hollow body portion having a central annular rim, thetop and bottom of the body portion being respectively raised anddepressed below said rim and a yoke-shaped member passed through theopposite sides of the raised top portion, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4. A closure device for bottles and similar vessels, comprising acentral circular hollow body portion having a central annular rim, thetop and bottom of the body portion being respectively raised anddepressed below said rim and a yoke-shaped member passed through theopposite sides of the raised top portion and provided within said topportion with an offset part, substantially as shown and described.

5. A closure device for bottles, comprising a central circular hollowbody portion having a central annular rim, and the top and bottom partsthereof being each provided with an annular flange, the flange on thebottom part being folded over the flange on the top part, the top partbeing also raised centrally and provided at its opposite sides withradial notches or recesses which pass through the opposite sides of theraised portion, said recesses in the flange being provided with lips bywhich they may be closed, substantially as shown and described.

6. A closure device for bottles, comprising a top part and a bottompart, the top part being provided with a central raised portion and eachof said parts being provided with an annular flange, the flange andsides of the raised portion of the top part being provided at theopposite sides thereof with notches or recesses, substantially as shownand described.

7. A closure device for bottles, comprising a top part and a bottompart, the top part being provided with a central raised portion and eachof said parts being provided with an annular flange, the flange andsides of the raised portion of the top part being provided at theopposite sides thereof with notches or recesses, and the recesses in theflange being provided with lips by which they may be closed,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 27th day ofDecember, 1904:.

ANDREWV O. \VITZEL.

WVitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J KLEIN.

